“The U.S. economy is still doing fine, and the economic numbers are showing that. That means there's likely to be another two more rate increases, rather than just one, and that's going to support the dollar.”

“[As for economies on the other side of the Atlantic,] there have been signs euro zone growth has peaked and inflation pressures coming through, ... That pinpoints the fact that there is far less dynamism across the euro-zone economies than in the U.S.”